The International Floorball Federation (IFF) is the worldwide governing body for the sport of floorball. It was founded on 12 April 1986 in Huskvarna, Sweden, by representatives from the national floorball associations of Finland, Sweden and Switzerland. It is recognized by the IOC and is an ordinary member of the ARISF.[2]
Abbreviation | IFF |
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Formation | April 12, 1986 |
Founded at | Huskvarna, Sweden |
Type | Sports federation |
Legal status | Governing body of Floorball |
Purpose | Sport governance |
Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland |
Region served | Worldwide |
Membership | 79 national associations[1] |
President | Tomas Eriksson |
Vice President | Filip Suman |
Main organ | Congress |
Affiliations | ARISF |
Website | Floorball.sport |
This is a list of International Floorball Federation member nations. It includes associations, committees, confederations, federations, and unions.
There are currently 80 IFF members (45 ordinary members and 35 provisional members in May 2023). The newest member are Solomon Islands.[3]
Region | Members | ||
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Ordinary | Provisional | Total | |
Africa | 1 | 13 | 14 |
Asia-Oceania (Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation) | 13 | 9 | 22 |
Europe | 27 | 7 | 34 |
Americas | 4 | 5 | 9 |
World | 45 | 33 | 80 |
Flag | Member name[4] | Founded in | IFF member | Website |
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Australian Floorball Association | 1996 | 1996 | www.floorballaustralia.org.au/ | |
Austrian Floorball Association | 1996 | 1997 | www.floorball.at | |
Floorball Federation of Belarus (suspended7) | 2009 | 2009 | ||
Belgian Floorball Federation | 1995 | 1995 | www.floorballbelgium.be | |
Brazilian Floorball Association | 1998 | 1999 | floorball.com.br | |
Floorball Canada | 2001 | 2001 | www.floorballcanada.org | |
China Floorball Federation | 2016 | 2016 | www.chinafloorball.org | |
Cote d´Ivoire Floorball Federation | 2014 | 2015 | ||
Czech Floorball Union | 1992 | 1993 | www.ceskyflorbal.cz | |
Danish Floorball Federation | 1989 | 1991 | floorball.dk | |
Estonian Floorball Union | 1993 | 1994 | www.saalihoki.ee | |
Finnish Floorball Federation | 1985 | 1986 | salibandy.fi | |
French Floorball Federation | 2002 | 2003 | www.francefloorball.fr | |
Georgian Floorball Association | 2002 | 2002 | www.floorball-ge.narod.ru | |
German Floorball Association | 1992 | 1994 | floorball.de | |
Hungarian Floorball Federation1 | 1989 | 1992 | www.hunfloorball.hu | |
Icelandic Floorball Committee 2 | 2005 | 2005 | www.isisport.is | |
Indian Floorball Federation | 2001 | 2002 | floorballindia.com | |
Indonesian Floorball Association | 2009 | 2009 | ||
Floorball Association of Iran3 | 2008 | 2009 | ifsafed.com | |
Israeli Floorball Association | 2007 | 2007 | www.israelfloorball.org | |
Italian Unihockey and Floorball Association | 2000 | 2001 | www.fiuf.it | |
Jamaica Floorball Association | 2007
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www.floorballjamaica.org | ||
Japan Floorball Association | 1983 | 1994 | www.floorball.jp | |
Korea Floorball Federation | 2004 | 2005 | www.floorball.or.kr | |
Latvian Floorball Union | 1993 | 1994 | www.floorball.lv | |
Liechtenstein Floorball Association 4 | 1987 | 2005 | www.unihockey.li | |
Malaysian Floorball Association | 2001 | 2002 | floorballmalaysia.com | |
Netherlands Floorball and Unihockey Association | 1999 | 1999 | nefub.nl | |
Floorball New Zealand | 2009 | 2009 | www.floorball.org.nz | |
Norwegian Floorball Federation5 | 1991 | 1992 | bandyforbundet.no | |
Philippine Floorball Association | 2011 | 2011 | floorball.ph | |
Polish Floorball Federation | 1995 | 1999 | www.polskiunihokej.pl | |
Russian Floorball Federation (suspended7) | 1992 | 1993 | нффр.рф | |
Serbian Floorball Association | 2007 | 2007 | floorball.sport/serbia | |
Singapore Floorball Association | 1995 | 1995 | www.revolutionise.sg/sgfloorball | |
Slovak Floorball Association | 1998 | 1999 | www.szfb.sk | |
Slovenian Floorball Association | 2000 | 2001 | ||
Spanish Unihockey and Floorball Association | 1998 | 2001 | www.unihockey.es | |
Swedish Floorball Federation | 1981 | 1986 | www.innebandy.se | |
Swiss Unihockey | 1985 | 1986 | www.swissunihockey.ch | |
Thai Floorball Federation | 2007 | 2007 | floorball.sport/thailand/ | |
Ukraine Floorball Federation | 2004
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2005 | ||
United Kingdom Floorball Federation6 | 1995 | 2009 | ukff.org | |
United States Floorball Association | 2001 | 2001 | www.usafloorball.org |
Flag | Member name[4] | Founded in | Member | Website (if applicable) |
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Argentinian Floorball Association | 2007 | 2007 | ||
Armenian Floorball Federation | 1999 | 2006 | www.floorballarm.narod.ru | |
Burkina Faso Floorball Federation | 2018
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2018 | ||
Cameroon Floorball Association | 2013 | |||
Central African Federation of Floorball | 2018
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Colombian Floorball Association | 2021 | 2021 | ||
Croatian Floorball Federation | 2017 | 2018 | ||
Haitian Floorball Federation | 2014 | 2016 | ||
Floorball Federation of Hong Kong | 2016 | |||
Irish Floorball Association | 2007 | |||
National Floorball Federation of Kazakhstan | 2022
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Kenyan Floorball Federation | 2016 | 2017 | ||
Floorball Federation of Kiribati | 2019
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2019
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Floorball Federation of Kuwait | 2019
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2019
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Lithuanian Floorball Federation | 2010 | 2010 | www.lgrf.lt | |
Macau China Floorball General Association | 2019
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2022
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Malta Floorball Association | 2015 | 2015 | ||
Mexican Floorball Federation | 2023
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Moldavian Floorball Federation | 2007 | 2007 | ||
Mongolian Floorball Federation | 2005 | 2006 | ||
Mozambique Floorball Association | 2012 | 2012 | ||
Floorball Federation of Nigeria | 2017 | |||
Pakistan Floorball Federation | 2003 | 2004 | floorball.sport/pakistan/ | |
Portuguese Floorball Federation | 2007 | 2007 | ||
Romanian Floorball Federation | 2008 | 2008 | ||
Floorball Federation of Rwanda | 2018 | |||
Floorball Association of Sierra Leone | 2008 | 2008 | ||
Solomon Islands Floorball Federation | 2023 | |||
Somalia Floorball Federation | 2016 | somaliafloorball.org | ||
Floorball South Africa | 2013 | |||
Togo Floorball | 2018
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2019
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Floorball Turkey | 2004 | 2008 | ||
Uganda Floorball Association | 2015 | 2016 | ||
Floorball Federation of Venezuela | 2016 | 2017 |
Not yet IFF member:
Confederation Name | Founded | Headquarters |
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Asia Oceania Floorball Confederation (AOFC) | 2005 | Singapore City, Singapore |
Based on the number of registered floorball players and a country's population, a list of the top 25 countries has been compiled:
Country | Registered Players | % of Population |
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Sweden | 120,357 | 1.203% |
Finland | 61,368 | 0.947% |
Czech Republic | 40,605 | 0.362% |
Switzerland | 33,072 | 0.367% |
Germany | 12,836 | 0.013% |
Denmark | 8,741 | 0.115% |
Norway | 8,152 | 0.143% |
Slovakia | 7,058 | 0.086% |
Russia | 3,499 | 0.002% |
Latvia | 3,494 | 0.127% |
Singapore | 2,664 | 0.030% |
Poland | 2,609 | 0.004% |
Japan | 2,478 | 0.002% |
South Korea | 1,856 | 0.003% |
France | 1,596 | 0.002% |
India | 1,326 | 0.000% |
Estonia | 1,295 | 0.112% |
Australia | 1,274 | 0.007% |
Netherlands | 1,200 | 0.006% |
Austria | 1,183 | 0.012% |
Belgium | 998 | 0.008% |
Malaysia | 980 | 0.001% |
Brazil | 882 | 0.000% |
Great Britain | 707 | 0.001% |
Hungary | 639 | 0.009% |
Canada | 563 | 0.003% |